The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. – Psalm 7:8
Have you ever been wrongfully accused of something? Have you felt overwhelmed by circumstances that were out of your control and felt that an enemy was working against you? David was undergoing such things in Psalm 7. Cush the Benjamite, acting on behalf of King Saul, was oppressing David. Charles Spurgeon wrote, “It appears probable that Cush the Benjamite had accused David to Saul of treasonable conspiracy against his royal authority.”
David sought justice but feared that the false accuser and the king’s power would keep any kind of earthly justice at bay. He had experienced God’s deliverance in the past and now he prayed for the Lord to vindicate him. David was confident of his innocence and that he had kept his heart right before the Lord, the righteous Judge.
There is a day coming when God will judge every person. His merciful and loving desire that all would come to Him restrains His judgment upon the earth. Pray for judges and justices across the United States to render true judgments, just and righteous, and to decide impartially and withstand political pressures.
Today’s Verse: Psalm 7:8
The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Psalm 7:1-11
O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
2 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid my friend with evil
or plundered my enemy without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let him trample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
6 Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
8 The Lord judges the peoples;
judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God!
10 My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
and a God who feels indignation every day.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
